. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. JOHN SHIELDS Landscape Gardener Built a Bog to Sell, but Became Cranberry Grower Him- self InsteadâJust Elected to Third Term as Presi- dent of Upper Cape Cod Cranberry Club. By CLARENCE J. HALL John F. Shields of Ostervillo, Mass., who has just been elected to his third term as president of Upper Cape Cranberry Club, (and still is) a landscape garden- er, who became a cranberry grow- er through building a bog which he had intended to sellâand then found he didn't want to part with it. That was in 1941 and the piece was one of
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. JOHN SHIELDS Landscape Gardener Built a Bog to Sell, but Became Cranberry Grower Him- self InsteadâJust Elected to Third Term as Presi- dent of Upper Cape Cod Cranberry Club. By CLARENCE J. HALL John F. Shields of Ostervillo, Mass., who has just been elected to his third term as president of Upper Cape Cranberry Club, (and still is) a landscape garden- er, who became a cranberry grow- er through building a bog which he had intended to sellâand then found he didn't want to part with it. That was in 1941 and the piece was one of three acres on Run Pond in nearby Marstons Mills, in the brief years since, he has built his cranberry holdings to approx- imately 40 acres, and, intends to acquire more acreage, if he finds the sort of bog he wants. "I built this swamp in my spare time, at the urging of Jesse Mur- ray, Osterville grower, who is treasurer of the Upper club. The location was maple bottom, there was complete and adequate flow- age and good sand. I did a lot of work on that little bog myselfâit was when my landscape business was slackâI dug and I wheeled and I sanded. "When it came time to sell and I had an offer at what I considered a good price, I found that I didn't want to sell at all. I felt I had built that bog right, and it was. right. This sounds foolish, but I just didn't want it to fall into any- body's hands who perhaps wouldn't treat it right and keep it the way I had built ; Although born i n suburban Bi'ookline, Shields has been on ti e Cape, during the summers at lea it, since he was scarcely more than an infant. His father, James T. Shields, now retired, had been gar- dener on various estates in the Os- terville area. Shields grew i:p with a fondness for plant life. He had, worked on cranberry bogs as a boy for Cornelius A. Driscoll, well known Cape grower, and he had worked at landscaping. Enjoys "Making Things Grow" His decision to become a land-
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